Boat Bonanza Christmas

Theme and Design

Boat Bonanza Christmas has a simple design style, with a big lake in the foreground and snowy hills with cute cottages in the distance. Little boats bob up and down on the water whilst the reel set sits beneath the surface with Christmas trees, presents, snowmen and sleighs on either side. A nice little Christmas ditty plays out in the background. Fans of fishing slots and festive games should be pleased enough by this.

RTP and Variance

Boat Bonanza Christmas has 5 RTP rates - 96.22%, 94.25%, 91.25%, 87.24% and 84.22% - for casino operators to choose from. In the UK market many slot sites now run Play n Go games at the lower rates to improve their house edge so it pays to check the RTP before you start spending your money. You can do this by hitting the ‘?’ button under the reels then scrolling through until you see Return to Player.

We recommend playing Play n Go slots at MrQ from Lindar Media which always uses the top RTP rates.

The volatility rating is high in this game too, in line with that from the original game. So expect it to be a little bumpy in its payout distribution, but with the capacity to kick out a big win from time to time.

Maximum Win

Max wins are capped at just 5,000x. That’s not huge for a high volatility slot and doesn’t compare well with Pragmatic Play’s festive fishing game this year, Big Bass Xmas Xtreme (10,000x) for example. If you prefer playing for the bigger wins you could also check out our article on slots with the highest max wins.

Symbols and Paytable

Boat Bonanza Christmas is a simple 5 reel and 4 row slot with just 12 paylines. Wins come from landing 3 or more identical symbols on a payline from left to right, starting at the left most reel.

There are 9 pay symbols in the table. The 5 low payers are the cards, 10 through to Ace, valued at from 0.5x for 3 10s up to 10x for 5 Aces. The premiums are the festive crab trap, seagull, reel and float, valued at from 2x for 3 crab traps up to 200x for 5 floats.

There are no wild symbols in the game.

Features and Gameplay

Boat Bonanza uses simple gameplay to drive the wins. Just cash collects and free spins with some powerful multipliers. Here is how it works:

Cash Collects in Base Game and Free Spins

The cash collect mechanism in Play n Go’s Boat Bonanza is different to that found in the Big Bass (Pragmatic Play) or Fishin Frenzy (Blueprint Gaming) slot series.

Instead of wilds landing on the reels at the same time as money fish, here you have fishing boats cruising along the top of the reels. When one settles above a reel, it collects up all the Catch Symbols visible below it, represented by either a fish or lobster displaying a prize value of up to 1,000x.

And … if 2 boats settle above one reel then a Mega Catch is triggered where ALL catch symbols on ALL reels are collected up.

Free Spins With Multipliers and Re-Spins

The free spins round is simple. You need to land 3, 4 or 5 scatters in the base game to trigger it. That gets you 10, 15 or 20 spins.

Now, 2 boats will always be in play above the reels, collecting cash on every spin. Each boat also has a multiplier value starting at 1x which is applied to all their catches. Multiplier symbols are in play on the reels too and can be picked up by the boats, adding to their multiplier value which maxes out at 5x.

And if both boats land above a reel, then the Mega Catch is triggered just like the base game, but with both boat’s multipliers added together before being applied to the total win.

Another powerful feature on the free spins round is the re-spin which is triggered after ANY catch. Then, the re-spin occurs with only catch symbols in play and no paylines. Re-spins repeat in this scenario until no more catches happen. Then you return to the free spins round.

Finally, watch out for fish symbols with a +1 or more on them which add extra spins to your total in the round if they are caught.